Passage

Mordecai’s growing influence

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁴For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

Esther 9:4World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Mordecai’s reputation spreads through the provinces as his standing in the king’s house grows.

To understand

The officials fear Mordecai, and the account places their support for the Jews alongside that fear. The surrounding passage also records lethal violence against their enemies.

A question

What does the account name as the officials’ reason for their support?